Honestly, had a little of a nerdgasm when Alton popped out of that container. I knew he was going to be on, but it was still such a thrill to see him with the Mythbusters. I'd love to see this happen on a yearly basis or so. He seemed to fit in so well--crawling under the car, working with Jamie and Adam at the workbench, etc.

That said, the "myths" were a little weak. Cooking the Thanksgiving dinner using the heat of the engine was interesting, but like many other myths, they went to such extravagant means to make it happen that it's less a "myth" and more just a cool project. In fact, I'd say the whole Thanksgiving dinner segment was more an episode of Good Eats than Mythbusters.

The popcorn? Interesting. At least it gave them an explosion on an episode that probably wouldn't have one.

I found myself a little grossed out by the build team's segments. I'm not really feeling much like turkey now for some reason...and I definitely do not want runny mashed potatoes with protein powder mixed in.

Yeah, the L-Tryptophan "myth" has been well-debunked elsewhere. I don't think there was a need to test it on Mythbusters. I also really didn't need the gratuitous high speed footage of them eating. Blech.

I agree with Alton fitting in very well, so much better than the vast majority of special guests they bring on. I think that they really need to make him an honorary Mythbuster and bring him back whenever his schedule permits. Unfortunately, he's on the opposite coast most of the time, so logistically it would be difficult. Plus, you know, how many food myths can they do?

I thought the cooking a dinner using the heat of a car was a fantastic myth. I've seen that sort of thing described before, but I've never seen it shown and never to that degree where they make an entire thanksgiving dinner. The only thing that kind of surprised me was that they didn't show Alton temp'ing the food to make sure it was at a safe serving temperature. (They didn't even reference it during the aftershow when asked. They only talked about the cross-contamination possibilty.)

I'm intrigued about what Alton used for his brine. It was a rather dark brine.

Inspired by this episode, I think they need to do a car myth episode and bring on the guys from Top Gear UK (not the US version, they're really not all that interesting, and they're also not as "hands on" as the UK guys are).

At the start of the AB segment (not the box part, right after that), AB looked utterly perplexed as to what Adam and Jamie were going to have him do. I *always* assume these "up front" segments are scripted and rehearsed (at least a little bit), but either that was genuine, or AB is a really good actor.

I also liked AB's quick line "sure, fly out to the coast, have some fun"... but no, they have him cleaning the grease of the bottom of the car. Hilarious.

He does fit right in, and I'm sure he's on the left coast often enough to schedule more food myths, even if they are re-hashes of stuff he's already done on Good Eats.

Could it be that because of one or a combination of missing tags, registration, emissions test, or modifications, it no longer was considered street-legal, but were allowed to drive it with police escort?

Could it be that because of one or a combination of missing tags, registration, emissions test, or modifications, it no longer was considered street-legal, but were allowed to drive it with police escort?

Or they were worried about food items falling off the car onto the highway?

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